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Team Johnson Wins Fourth Consecutive Gasparilla Race Challenge!
For the fourth year in a row, team Johnson stifled the competition, emerging victorious in the 2018 Gasparilla Distance Classic Half Marathon Open Team Challenge. The team challenge has seen a growing number of competitive entries each year, and 2018 was no exception. Nonetheless, the Johnson runners battled through unseasonably warm conditions and established… Read More »
Johnson Sponsors “Boots & BBQ 2017” Supporting Lacoochee Boys & Girls Club
Lacoochee, Florida is an old mill town in Pasco County, Florida. A little more than an hour drive from Tampa, in many respects it is a world away. When the mill shut down decades ago, nothing replaced it. Families live in poverty, unfamiliar with simple things that we take for granted, such as how… Read More »
Nicole Newlon Receives The Rotary Foundation’s Paul Harris Fellow Award
The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognition is The Rotary Foundation’s way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer who started Rotary International with three business associates in 1905. Rotarians often designate a Paul Harris Fellow… Read More »
Sean Johnson selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017© in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Litigation – Securities
Johnson is pleased to announce that Firm partner Sean Johnson has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017© in the practices areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Litigation – Securities. This is the second year in a row that Sean has been selected… Read More »
Spreading the Secret: Early “Defend Trade Secrets Act” Decision Shows that Businesses Have the Choice of Pursuing Misappropriation of Trade Secret Claims in Either State or Federal Court
In one of the first cases filed in Florida under the new Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), a federal court relied on precedent under Florida’s own Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“FUTSA”) to dismiss a complaint for misappropriation of trade secrets that sought relief under both statutes.[i] In M.C. Dean, Inc. v. City of… Read More »
Chris DeCort Appointed to Tampa Connection’s Board of Directors
Tampa Connection has selected Chris DeCort to join its Board of Directors for a three year term beginning this year. Chris has been active in Tampa Connection for several years, first as a participant in its 2014 graduating class and subsequently as a member and the Executive Chair of its Alumni Committee. Tampa Connection is an important community… Read More »